The Nature and End of Excommunication | Jonathan Edwards
Deep Dive into The Nature and End of Excommunication by Jonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards argues that members of the visible Christian church who become visibly wicked must not be tolerated but should face excommunication. He defines this discipline as a severe punishment executed according to the will of Christ, wherein an offending member is removed from the church and delivered to Satan.This punishment contains both privative and positive elements. Privatively, the individual is stripped of the spiritual and social privileges of God’s visible people. They are cut off from the brotherly…
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